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VOL VIII NO 10 SPANISH FORK UTAH 0 MARCH tl J u at Spanish Fork y Utah Act of Congress March 3 1ST
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buying public the people who have the money in
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CARMACKS mm GUILTY
OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER
Such Is Decision of Jury Which Lis
tened to the Evidence In tho Case
Against the Coopers
Nashville TennGullty of murder
In tho second degree with twenty
years Imprisonment as the penalty
was tho verdict of the Jury Saturday
morning March 20 In the case against
Colonel Duncan B Cooper and his
son Robin Cooper charged with the
murder of former United States Sen
ator R W Carmack
Tho Jury on Friday acquitted John
D Sharp a codefendant Immediate
Iy the defense moved to set aside the
verdict because of the verdict ot dis
agreement on Friday and asked the
court to declare It a mistrial Judge
hart said ho would listen to argu
ments on this motion later Ho then
fixed the defendants bond at 25000
each which amount was acceptable to
both sides The verdict coming as It
did upon the heels of Foreman
Burkes declaration that we are
hopelessly tied up as to the Coopers
caused great surprise
After filing a bond totaling nearly
a million and a half dollars Colonel
D B Cooper and Robin J Cooper retired
tired to tho home of Judge J C Brad
ford
HAD PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Titled Russian Learned Railroad Busi
ness In the United Slates
St Petersburg Prince Michael
Hllkoff member of the council of the
empire and formerly minister of com
munications died suddenly on Sun
day March 21
Prince Hllkoff was well known ln
the United States where ho secured
hIs railway training To him belongs
the credit of getting the maximum
amount of work out of the Siberian
railway during tho war In Manchuria
Prince Hllkoff who belonged to an
old but comparatively poor family
emigrated to tho United States when
a young man renouncing the title
to > which hawas subsequently re
stored In tho United States he
worked at a bolt machine at a wage
of J750 per week Later ho was em
ployed In many minor capacities on
American railroads beginning as au
assistant stoker
TIMBER CASES DISMISSED
Charges of Land Frauds In Idaho Fall
Flat
WashlngtonAttorney General
Wickersham has directed the dls
missal as to the persons against
whom it is still pending of the Indict
ment secured by the former United
States district attorney for Idaho Nor
man R Rulck against Senator Borah
members of the Barber Lumber com
pany and others for conspiring to do
fraud the United States of certain tim
ber lands In Boise county Inho
Senator Borah made no technical
objection to the indictment but stood
trial and was acquitted John I Wells
and Patrick Downs two of the other
defendants flied pleas In abatement
to the indictment based on the al
leged Improper conduct of Rulck be
fore the grand Jury In urging the re
turn of the Indictment
INVESTIGATES OUTBREAK
Greek Minister Will Ask Government
to Make Restitution
Omaha Neb Professor Theodore
P Ion who holds the chair of Inter
national law in Boston university ha
been sent by the Greek government
to Omaha to investigate the recent
Greek riots in South Omaha The
Greek representative said that alter
full Investigation has beeen made the
whole matter will be laid before the
state department through tho Greek
minister and this government be
asked to make restitution
WAS HIS OWN EXECUTIONER
Colorado Man Confesses to Murder and
Then Hangs Himself In Jail
Boulder Colo With a towel
wrapped thrice around his neck with
the loose end caught about a hook
Lent C Mayhew ended his own life It
Jail on Sunday March 21 He was ac
cused of murdering William Collier
a ranchman living near Longmonl
His wife who was also placed In jail
with him has been released Lem
Mayhew left a complete confession 01
tho killing of William Collier written
before ho hanged himself
Empress of Russia Nervous Wreck
Berlin The Krentz Zeltung states
on authority of a distinguished per
nonage who recently was received In
n by Emperor Nicholas that
tho emperor expressed considerable
apprehension regarding tho condition
of the empress In explanation of the
empress condition the emperor said
that since the accident to the ImperIal
yacht In Finnish waters her majesty
had suffered greatly from nervous
ness and had peen unable to regain
tier mental co osure
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KIDNAPED BOY
RETURNED HOME
Willie Whitla it Restored to His
Parents After Four Days of
HeartBreaking Suspense
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Distracted I Father Paid 10000 In
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and Sent Back to His
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a Cleveland Little Willie Whltla
who has caused the police ot tho en
tire country endless worry since he
was kidnaped from school In Shar
on Pa on March 18 was returned to
his father at the Hollenden hotel
here at 830 oclock Monday morning
March 22 In compliance with an
agreement entered Into with the kid
naped boys father and an agent of
the kidnapers here tho boy was
placed on a street car on tho out
skirts of the city and started to tho
hotel shortly after 8 oclock
Two boys G W Ramsey and Ed
ward Mahoney recognized the lad on
t e car and taking him In charge
conducted him to his father who was
In waiting according to a prearranged
plan which he had followed at the
dictation of tho kidnapers
An attempt had been made to dis
guise the lad He wore a pair of
smoked glasses and a largo tan cap
which was pulled down over his eyes
and tho father said It would have
been difficult to have recognized the
boy In such a garb as he passed him I
on the street
Willie Is In perfect health Hu says
he has been well treated and ever
since his capture bus been constantly
indoors 1in believes he was taken
from Sharon to Warren and thence
to Newcastle Pa It Is his opinion
expressed In a happy schoolboy way
that he was In Ashtabula on Saturday
Tilghfnt tho time bls faWerwaslo
leave his 10000 in Flatiron park
Mr Whltla admits having paid a
ransom of 10000 for the return of
his son The money was paid to a
woman In a candy store Mr Whitla
believes the woman was an Italian
but refuses to disclose her Identity
I Kidnapers Under Arrest
Cleveland Oln the arrest here
Tuesday night of a man and a wo
man having 9989 in their posses
sion the police believe they have
captured the kidnapers of Willie
Whltla The woman who was some
what confused admitted that she had
been responsible for the kidnaping
When placed In custody at the Cen
tral police station she said to Cap
tain Shuttuck
I am the one who planned the
whole thing There will be trouble
for mo and hell In Sharon tomorrow
Beneath the womans skirt was
found 9989 All of it but S4 was
bound In packages with the original
slips placed on the money when
Whltla took it from the bank still
around It
Willie Whltla the ransomed boy
after an experience of five days with
kidnapers was returned to his moth
ers arms soon after noon Tuesday
The reunion took place around the
family hearthstone In the Whltla
homo In Sharon Pa and no prying
eyes were permitted to witness tho
greeting of mother and son only the
intimate relatives of the family be
ing present at the Joyful homecom
ing of the lad
Accorded an ovation by the people
of Sharon that could not have been
heartier the little fellow and his
father arrived at homo from Cleve
land at 1200 Fully 5000 persons
extended the lad a demonstrative
greeting
Airship Carries Twentysix Persons
Chicago The Tribune prints tho
following from Berlin Soaring like
a mighty bird Count Zeppelins dirig
ible airship the largest In the world
Friday created a worlds record for
weight carried In cruising tho sky
It ascended from its quarters Lake
Constance bearing Count Zeppelin
with ten aeronauts of the German
army nnd fifteen soldiers Never be
fore has un airship made a successful
flight with n crew of twentysix per
sons Tho flight covered by the ship
was 150 miles and It was In the air
four hours
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Prisoner Makes Daring Escape by
Leaping From Car Window
Trinidad Colo Jesse Gray under
arrest for shooting up tho town of
Dawson N M Jumped from the win
dow of a passenger train just outside
of Dawson on Monday and escaped
from the officers who were taking
him hack for trial He has not been
recaptured Gray rode for fifteen I
miles with a deputy ehoilff who was
seeking him last week without the
officer discovering the Identity of his
companion Ho was captured In Col
orado
GOT WITHIN ONE HUNDRED
MILES OF THE SOUTH POLE
Expedition Returns to England With
a Wealth of Knowledge of Ant
arctic Continent
London Lieutenant E H shack
leton of the British navy a com
mander of tho Antarctic expedition
which returned on the barUentlno
Nlmrod to Invercarglll N Z on
Tuesday succeeded In getting within
111 miles of the south polo
Tho Nlmrod expedition left Eng
land In July 1907 and after reaching
the Ice fields and making the most
elaborate preparations the main ex
pedition started on a sledge Journey
that occupied 120 days nnd traversed
1708 miles southward The explor
ers reached latitude 8826 and longi
tude 1C2 cast At tho highest point
the land was 9000 feet In altitude
trending southward In a vast field of
snow no mountains being In sight
A second party pushed forward to
tho southern magnetic pole at lati
tude 8228 longitude 164 east Tho
British flag was left flying at both
points The ascent of Mount Erebus
was accomplished with difficulty and
geological discoveries of great Im
portance were made The results at
tained have thrown much light on
the past history of the Antarctic con
tinent The expedition suffered no
loss of life
MISSING BALLOONISTS FOUND
Struck Current of Cold Air and Big
Balloon Dropped Into Canyon
Los AngelesAfter ono of the most
harrowing experiences In the history
of ballooning Captain A R Mueller
and his five companions who ascended
In the big Ferris racing balloon
America at Tournament park Pas
adena Saturday afternoon March 20
and had since been lost In the wilds
of the snow coyered Sierra Madro
mountains arrived on foot at Swlt
zers camp on the slopes of Mount
Wilson footsore and weary but un
harmed on Tuesday
Till balloon = Wds Inthdalr less than
two hours It was carried by the
strong north wind over the mile high
summit of Mount Lowo and swept on
across the Intervening peaks and
canyons to the lofty summit of Mount
Gabriel where by the reckless cast
ing away of ballast the balloon cleared
and soared away towards Strawberry
peak on the third range Crossing
this ata low altitude the bag encoun
tered a strong current of cold air
which brought It rapidly to earth A
successful landing was effected on the
north side of Strawberry peak In what
Is known as Llttlo Tejunga canyon at
about 5 oclock Saturday afternooh
less than two hours after their ascen
sion at Pasadena The distance cov
ered was less than fifteen miles In a
direct line but by any possible foot
route many times that distance
MURDER MYSTERY REVIVED
Edward Baker Believes His Brother
Was Murdered In a Novel Way
Newark N Announcement was
made Tuesday that Edward B Baker
has decided to reopen the famous
Baker mystery Baker announced
that ho believes that he has secured i
proof that his brother was murdered
In a new and novel way and that he
will bo able to prove It
Baker lived for scab months at
tho home of Mrs Frank Hurd In
Newark Ho was a wealthy man and
became attached to Miss Natalie
Hurd Mrs Kurds daughter He
seemed to be considerably under tho
young girls Influence who of course
was dominated by her mother Baker
died suddenly and when his will was
read it was found that he had loft
all his property amounting to sev
eral hundreds of thousands of dollars
to tho child
Preachers Fight Duel
HUBS MoRev Martin D Johnson
aged 40 shot and killed Rev Solo
mon ODell aged 40 on Tuesday
Johnson is the Baptist minister ot
the neighborhood while ODell was
the Presbyterian divine at Russ
They quarreled over business mat
ters Johnson says that ODell made
a remark about him during the day
Later they met on the street and
Johnson Informed him that they
should settle their difficulties then
ODell agreed and was removing his
coat when Johnson shot him
Aged Civil War Vtteran Killed by
Blow of Fist
Hlgglnsvllle MoJ R McCormick
85 years of ago a veteran ot the Mex
Ican and civil wars died at the Con
federate home here Tuesday as the
result of a fist blow dealt by Jim
Cummings Cummings was a follower
of tho noted train and bank robbers
the James and Younger boys In the
days of their maraudings In a fight
Cummings struck the blow that caused
McCnrmlcks death but as McCor
latch was tho aggressor Cummlnga
was held blameless
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Residence two blocks North of Foundry
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have done more than all else to make it a
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